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Volume 15 Issue 2 Voices from the Field: Centering Southeast Asian Americans through Policy, Practice, and Activism
Article 9
2020
Open Letter to Community: A Call for Unity and Solidarity in the Open Letter to Community: A Call for Unity and Solidarity in the
Face of Violence Face of Violence
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Open Letter to Community:
A Call for Unity and Solidarity in the Face of Violence
Coalition of Asian American Leaders Minnesota (CAALMN)
May 29, 2020
Dear Community,
Earlier this week, George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, was murdered by the Minneapolis
police. George Floyd’s death is a continuation of the long history of criminalization,
dehumanization, and oppression of Black lives in this country since its founding. As immigrants
and refugees to the United States, our families may not always understand this history, but we
inherited its legacy. Our communities have also benefited from Black freedom struggles that paved
the way for our own fights for freedom and equal treatment in America. So, in this moment, it
matters that we commit to Black liberation and raise our voices to say that #BlackLivesMatter. We
emphatically call on our Asian communities to center George Floyd’s life and continue to amplify
the demands from his family and community for justice.
Already, Black, Indigenous, and people of color communities (BIPOC) in Minnesota were
disproportionately suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic. Our families and small businesses are
struggling, the health impacts on communities of color have been disproportionately high, our
family members are disproportionately on the front lines in essential jobs, and racist and
xenophobic stigmatization early on resulted in the increase of anti-Asian violence. So, we write
this knowing that BIPOC communities are hurting badly from the pandemic. Now, as Asian
community members are targeted and businesses are damaged, our communities are in pain. We
recognize that pain will continue to be there for Asian communities. Yet as we care for each other,
we cannot let our pain distract us from George Floyd’s life and the community’s demands for
justice.
We also cannot ignore the role of Officer Tou Thao who stood watch as George Floyd was dying.
To see someone who looks like us behave as a bystander to Black death is devastating and painful.
This is yet another reason that we must recognize our silence in the face of anti-Black racism, and
commit to the ongoing work to dismantle anti-Blackness.
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Throughout history, there have been attempts to pit Asian and Black communities against each
other, a tactic that encourages us to turn on each other rather than tackle our common oppression:
the systems of white supremacy. These efforts distract us from the real solution of building cross-
racial solidarity to root out racist oppression. And while Asian communities have been rewarded
for our assimilation into whiteness with the lie of the “model minority” myth, it is at times like this
crisis that we should remember that our status is always conditional and subject to being taken
away by xenophobia.
That is why in this painful moment, we ask our Asian communities to choose our shared liberation.
Let us remain focused on the systems responsible for the loss of George Floyd’s life and too many
other Black lives, most recently including Tony McDade, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery.
Let us support and uplift Black-led organizing happening through NAACP Mpls, Black Visions
Collective, Black Immigrant Collective, Black Lives Matter MN, Reclaim the Block and MN
Freedom Fund. We amplify their demands to Minneapolis City Council Members, Mayor Frey,
County Attorney Freeman, and other authorities to charge all of the officers involved and to divest
from the MPD and other systems of oppression.
Let us stand united for Black lives not only when lives are lost, but in everyday recognition that
our liberation is tied together. Let us also commit to the ongoing work of addressing the anti-
Blackness in our own communities and choose to fight for Black lives the way we would our own.
Our struggles must be linked to truly achieve our vision of a Minnesota and a country where all
our communities can thrive.
In solidarity,
Asian Minnesotan Organizations
• Alliance of Progressive South Asians (APSA)
• ArtCrop
• Asian American Organizing Project (AAOP)
• Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance-MN (APALA-MN)
• CAPI USA
• Coalition of Asian American Leaders (CAAL)
• Cultural Society of Filipino Americans (CSFA)
• Families Together
• Filipinx for Immigrant Rights and Racial justice MN (FIRM)
• Green Card Voices
• Hmong American Partnership (HAP)
• India Association of Minnesota (IAM)
• Japanese American Citizens League, Twin Cities Chapter (TC JACL)
• Lao Assistance Center of MN (LACM)
• ManForward
• Minnesota Asian Pacific American Bar Association (MNAPABA)
• Minnesota Hmong Chamber of Commerce
• National Asian Pacific American women’s Forum (NAPAWF) – St. Cloud Chapter
• National Association of Asian American Professionals – Minnesota (NAAAP MN)
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• Karen Organization of Minnesota
• Pan Asian Voice for Equity-MN (PAVE-MN)
• Philippine Study Group of Minnesota (PSGM)
• Release MN8
• Reviving the Islamic Sisterhood for Empowerment (RISE)
• Sewa-Aifw
• SEIU Asian Pacific Islander Caucus (SEIU-API)
• Siengkane Lao MN
• TaikoArts Midwest
• Tibetan National Congress
• Theater Mu
• The Southeast Asian Diaspora (SEAD) Project
• Transforming Generations
• Twin Cities South Asia Solidarity Collective
• United Senior Lao-American
• UMN Asian American Studies Program
• UMN Asian American Pacific Islander Desi Faculty & Staff Association (AAPID FSA)
• Vietnamese Social Services of Minnesota
Out of State Organizations in Solidarity
• $6.99 Per Pound Podcast
• 18 Million Rising
• 1990 Institute
• AAPIs for Civic Empowerment-EF
• Act To Change
• Adhikaar
• Adoptees for Justice
• Alliance of South Asians Taking Action (ASATA)
• American Center of Philippine Arts
• Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation
• APAPA-TX
• Apex Express
• API Community Leaders of Oregon
• API Middle Tennessee
• Apna Ghar, Inc.
• Ascend – Greater Washington
• Asia Pacific Cultural Center
• Asian & Latino Solidarity Alliance of Central Virginia
• Asian & Pacific Islander Alliance at Butler University
• Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum
• Asian American Advocacy Fund
• Asian American Arts Alliance
• Asian American Documentary Network (A-Doc)
• Asian American Educators of Howard County
• Asian American Federation
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• Asian American Justice + Innovation Lab (AAJIL)
• Asian American LEAD
• Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF)
• Asian American Pacific Islander Coalition
• Asian American Psychological Association
• Asian American Psychological Association Division on Filipinx Americans
• Asian American Psychological Association Division on Women
• Asian American Unity Coalition (AAUC)
• Asian American Women’s Political Initiative
• Asian American Writers’ Workshop
• Asian Americans Advancing Justice
• Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Chicago
• Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Los Angeles
• Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Atlanta
• Asian Americans for Community Involvement
• Asian Americans in Action
• Asian Americans United
• Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy
• Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote (APIAVote)
• Asian and Pacific Islander Queers United for Action (AQUA)
• Asian Business Association
• Asian CineVision
• Asian Community & Cultural Center
• Asian Community Development Corporation
• Asian Community Development Council (ACDC)
• Asian Counseling and Referral Service
• Asian Faculty & Staff Association – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
• Asian Law Alliance
• Asian Pacific American Democratic Caucus of Alameda County (California)
• Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS)
• Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, AFL-CIO
• Asian Pacific American Law Student Association, Northeastern University School of
Law (NUSL APALSA)
• Asian Pacific American Media Coalition
• Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association
• Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon (APANO)
• Asian Pacific Community in Action
• Asian Pacific Environmental Network
• Asian Pacific Island Council of San Francisco (API Council)
• Asian Pacific Islander Civic Engagement (ACE) Collaborative
• Asian Pacific Islander Coalition – Spokane Chapter
• Asian Pacific Islander Coalition of South Puget Sound (APIC-SPS)
• Asian Pacific Islander Coalition Pierce County
• Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (SF)
• Asian Pacific Islander Faculty & Staff Association, California State University East Bay
• Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach
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• Asian Pacific Islander Small Business Program
• Asian Pacific Partners for Empowerment, Advocacy and Leadership (APPEAL)
• Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council
• Asian Pasifika Arts Collective
• Asian Podcast Network
• Asian Professional Exchange
• Asian Real Estate Association of America
• Asian Services in Action
• Asian Student Association (Southwestern University)
• Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence – Massachusetts
• Asian Women for Health
• Asian Women Giving Circle
• Asian/Pacific Islander Domestic Violence Resource Project
• Asians4BlackLives
• Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations
• Austin Asian Complete Count Committee
• Austin Pune Sister City International
• Baltimore Asian Solidarity in Resistance (BARS)
• Banyan: Asian American Writers Collective
• Bay Area Against Hindu Fascism
• BAYAN USA Northeast
• Boston Korean Adoptees
• Brookline Asian American Family Network
• CA Heathy Nail Salon Collaborative
• CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities
• Cambodia Town, Inc.
• Cambodian American Girls Empowering
• Cambodian Coordinating Council
• Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association of Greater Lowell (CMAA)
• Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (CAPE)
• Center for Asian American Media
• Center for Asian American Theology and Ministry at Fuller Theological Seminary
• Center for Empowered Politics
• Cherry Blossom Giving Circle
• Chhaya CDC
• Chinatown Community Development Center
• Chinatown Community Land Trust
• Chinese American Citizens Alliance
• Chinese American Citizens Alliance/DC
• Chinese American Museum of Chicago
• Chinese American Planning Council (CPC)
• Chinese American Progressive Action
• Chinese American Service League
• Chinese American Voices
• Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco
• Chinese Culture Connection, Inc.
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• Chinese for Affirmative Action
• Chinese Progressive Association
• Chinese Progressive Association – Boston
• Chinese Progressive Association – New York City
• Chinese Railroad Workers Descendants Association
• Civic Leadership USA
• Coalition Against Fascism in India
• Coalition for a Better Chinese American Community
• Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans (CAPA)
• Community Youth Center of San Francisco
• Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership (CAPAL)
• Council of Korean Americans
• Daya Inc
• Dear Asian Americans Podcast
• Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN)
• Divided Families USA
• East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation (EBALDC)
• East Coast Asian American Student Union (ECAASU)
• East West Players
• East Wind Ezine
• EMBARC
• Empowering Pacific Islander Communities (EPIC)
• ENLACE New Mexico
• Equality Labs
• Faith United Methodist Church of Torrance, CA
• Filipino Advocates for Justice
• Filipino American Association of Pittsburgh
• Filipino Cultural Association of George Mason University
• Filipino Migrant Center
• Filipino Young Professionals of DC
• Filipinx Artists of Houston
• Formerly Incarcerated Group Healing Together (F.I.G.H.T)
• Friends of India
• Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
• Global THAI Citizen
• Grassroots Asians Rising
• Greater Boston Legal Services Asian Outreach Unit
• Greater Malden Asian American Community Coalition
• Ha:n UMC (United Methodist Church)
• HANA Center
• Harvard Khmer Student Organization
• Hella Heart Oakland
• Helping Link/ Mot Dau Noi
• Hindus for Human Rights
• Hmong American Leadership & Economic Development (HALED)
• Hmong Innovating Politics
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• HomeSight
• Immigrant Social Services (ISS)
• Indian American Coalition of Texas
• Indian Horizon of Florida
• InterIm Community Development Association
• IU HoosierRaas
• Japanese American Citizens League
• Japanese American Citizens League – Wisconsin Chapter
• Japanese American Citizens League – Seattle chapter
• Japanese American National Museum
• Japanese American Cultural & Community Center
• Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California
• Joint Council of Librarians of Color Inc.
• Khmer Anti-deportation Advocacy Group of WA
• Khmer Girls in Action
• KhushATX
• Korean Adoptees of Chicago
• Korean American Bar Association of San Diego
• Korean American Center
• Korean American Coalition (KAC)
• Korean American Coalition – Chicago
• Korean American Coalition – Oregon
• Korean American Coalition – San Diego
• Korean American Grassroots Conference
• Korean American Scholarship Foundation
• Korean Resource Center
• Laotian American National Alliance (LANA)
• Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics (LEAP)
• Little Tokyo Service Center
• Malden Community Organizing for Racial Equity
• Massachusetts Asian American Educators Association
• Masto Foundation
• Mekong NYC
• Michigan Asian Pacific American Bar Association
• Milwaukee Consortium for Hmong Health, Inc.
• Mindhatch
• MinKwon Center for Community Action
• Model Majority
• NAKASEC Virginia
• National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association
• National Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse
• National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF)
• National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF) – NYC Chapter
• National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF) – Washington DC
Chapter
• National Asian Pacific Center on Aging (NAPCA)
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• National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP)
• National Association of Asian American Professionals – Atlanta
• National Association of Asian American Professionals – Chicago
• National Association of Asian American Professionals – Colorado
• National Association of Asian American Professionals – Los Angeles
• National Association of Asian American Professionals – Orange County, CA
• National Association of Asian American Professionals – San Diego
• National Association of Asian American Professionals – Seattle
• National Association of Asian American Professionals – Cincinnati
• National Association of Asian American Professionals – Dallas – Fort Worth
• National Association of Asian American Professionals – Washington, D.C.
• National Association of Filipino American Associations Region V
• National CAPACD
• National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA)
• National Iranian American Council
• National Korean American Service & Education Consortium (NAKASEC)
• National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance
• Nepalese American Forum for Political Empowerment-NAFPE
• New Mexico Asian Family Center
• New York Day of Remembrance Committee
• North Carolina Asian Americans Together (NCAAT)
• O-Musubi
• OCA – Asian Pacific American Advocates
• OCA – Asian Pacific American Advocates – Colorado
• OCA – Asian Pacific American Advocates – Greater Chicago
• OCA – Asian Pacific American Advocates – Greater Cleveland
• OCA – Asian Pacific American Advocates – Greater Houston
• OCA – Asian Pacific American Advocates – Greater Seattle Chapter
• OCA – Asian Pacific American Advocates – San Francisco Chapter
• OCA – Asian Pacific American Advocates – Westchester & Hudson Valley
• OCA – Asian Pacific American Advocates – Wisconsin Chapter
• Ohio AAPI Democratic Caucus
• Ohio Asian American Health Coalition
• OneAmerica
• OPAWL – Building AAPI Feminist Leadership in Ohio
• Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance (OCAPICA)
• Oregon Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association
• PACE-ECE
• Pacific Asian Counseling Services
• Parivar Bay Area
• Philly’s Radical Asian American Womxn’s Collective (RAAWC) Core
• Port of Portland Asian Pacific Islander Employee Resource Group
• Providence Youth Student Movement (PrYSM)
• Q-Wave – Building Queer & Trans API Community since 2004
• Raha Iranian Feminist Collective
• Raksha, Inc.
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• Refugee and Immigrant Services Northwest
• Revolutionary Love Project
• Rising Voices of Asian American Families
• SAAVETX South Asian American Voter Empowerment
• Sadhana: Coalition of Progressive Hindus
• SAG-AFTRA Asian Pacific American Media (APAM) Committee
• SAHI
• Sakhi for South Asian Women
• Sama Sama Cooperative (California Bay Area)
• Samakkee Thai American Coalition
• San Diego Yokohama Sister Cities Society
• Seattle Chinatown-International District Preservation and Development Authority
• Seeding Change
• SF Love Dojo
• Shetu Inc.
• Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund
• Sikh Coalition
• Snohomish APIC
• SolidarityIs
• South Asian American Policy and Research Institute (SAAPRI)
• South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT)
• South Asian Network
• South Asian Public Health Association (SAPHA)
• South Asian Rapid Response Initiative – Justice for Muslims Collective
• South Asian Workers Center-Boston
• South Asian Youth Action
• South Asians 4 Black Lives
• South Asians in Sports
• Southeast Asia Resource Action Center
• Southeast Asian American Education Coalition
• Southeast Asian Coalition of Central Massachusetts
• Southeast Asian Community Alliance (SEACA)
• Southeast Asian Defense Project
• Stand With Kashmir
• Thai American Bar Association
• Thai and Southeast Asian Association of California
• Thai Community Development Center
• Thammasat University Alumni Association
• The 2020 Project
• The Bulosan Center for Filipino Studies
• The Center for Asian Pacific American Women (CAPAW)
• The Korean American Adoptee Adoptive Family Network (KAAN)
• The National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA)
• Tsuru for Solidarity
• UCLA Asian American Studies Center (LA)
• Union of North American Vietnamese Student Associations (UNAVSA)
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• United Cambodian Community
• Venerable – Counselors at Law, PC
• VietLead
• Vietnamese American Initiative for Development
• Visual Communications Media
• VN TeamWork, Inc.
• Womankind
• Women for Afghan Women
• Woori Center
• Yemeni American Merchants Association
Note: This open letter is reprinted with permission. The original statement can be found at
https://caalmn.org/2020/05/29/api4georgefloyd/
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